5 days Bwindi and Kibale safari
5 days Bwindi and Kibale safari is a combined gorilla trekking and chimpanzee trekking tour which will start with a flight from Entebbe international airport to Bwindi national park and you will also visit Kibale forest national park for a chimpanzee trek and also enjoy encounters with the local communities and end the safari in Entebbe.
Safari highlights
Day 1; pickup and flight to Bwindi national park
Day 2; gorilla trekking
Day 3; drive to Kibale national park
Day 4; chimpanzee trekking
Day 5; drive to Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1; pickup and flight to Bwindi national park
Your safari will start with a flight from Entebbe international airport to the airstrip in Bwindi national park where your guide will be waiting to pick you up and drive you to the lodge for check in,
After having lunch at the lodge, you will engage in an afternoon community experience and visit the Batwa community of Bwindi national park for a cultural tour. You will get to know more about their culture, experience their way of life, learn how to make fire their way, enjoy traditional dances and visit the traditional medicine men among other activities and later drive back to the lodge to have your dinner and spend the night.
Day 2; gorilla trekking
You will start the day with breakfast early at the lodge in Bwindi national park and you will be driven to the park headquarters for a briefing on the gorilla trekking tour which will be done around 07:00 am. You will also move in groups with ranger guides and search for the gorillas in Bwindi forest.
On this day, you will spend 1 hour with the mountain gorillas after finding them in Bwindi forest and later return to your lodge to have dinner and spend the night.
Day 3; drive to Kibale national park
After breakfast at the lodge in Bwindi national park, your guide will drive you to Kibale forest national park which will take about 4 to 5 hours. You will have this day to relax at the lodge and enjoy the sounds of nature or visit a local community around the forest as you prepare for your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4; chimpanzee trekking
You will start the day with breakfast at the lodge in Kibale national park and proceed to the Kanyanchu park headquarters for a briefing on the morning chimpanzee trekking experience. After the briefing, you will be assigned ranger guides and start the search for the chimpanzees and other primates of the forest such as black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys as well as various bird species.
After seeing the chimpanzees and spending 1 hour recording them and watching them, you will return to the briefing point. You will also engage in a Bigodi community tour and explore the wetland sanctuary and see various bird species with a local guide and later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5; drive to Entebbe
On the last day of your safari in Uganda, your breakfast will be served at the lodge in Kibale forest national park and your guide will take you on the 5 to 6 hour journey back to Entebbe and you will have enroute lunch on the way to the airport where you will be dropped off which will bring the safari to an end.